Morgan Smith
12 Morgan Smith
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Sturbridge, Mass.
  • High School:
    Tantasqua Regional
  • Position:
    MB
  • m
    29
  • k/s
    1.58
  • h %
    .287
  • a/s
    0.07
  • b/s
    0.80
  • sa/s
    0.28
  • d/s
    0.29

Bio

2023 (Junior): Appeared in 29 matches and 102 sets... Excelled in third year with the program after biding her time behind a strong group of seniors...Ended the year  4th in the conference in hitting percentage after leading in the category for most of 2023...  Posted 161 kills (1.58/set), 82 blocks, 29 service aces, and 30 digs... 

2022 (Sophomore): Played in five matches and six sets... Recorded eight kills (1.88/set) and five total blocks (0.83/set)... Had three kills and two blocks on 9/9 against Stonehill, setting career highs in kills and points and tying career high in blocks... Had two kills and a block against Niagara on 9/26 and one kill and two blocks vs. Merrimack on 10/26.

2021 (Freshman): Played in seven matches and eight sets for the Bulldogs, recording four kills and six blocks... Had a kill and a solo block in her collegiate debut (9/4 vs. Holy Cross)... Also posted two blocks vs. LIU on 10/2. Had at least one kill or block in six of her seven matches played.

Before Bryant
A four-year varsity letterwinner at Tantasqua Regional Senior High School under head coach Twarowski … Helped her high school team become first in the Southern Worcester County League (SWCL) as a sophomore and second in the league as a freshman and junior … Invited to the USA Volleyball High Performance A2 Summer Camp where she won the team's Most Improved Award in 2017-18 … Led her high school team in aces and kills with a season-best 19 kills … Earned SWCL Second Team as a sophomore and SWCL First Team as a junior … Named Honorable Mention for the Central Mass Super Team … Previously played club volleyball for Smash Volleyball Club before playing for the South County Juniors Volleyball Club in 2020-21 under head coach Iain McCoy … Led her club team to three-straight Winterfest Championships … Helped her club team become the top U-16 team in New England and placed third in Nerva 18's Open.

 

Career Highs

Kills: 12, vs. NJIT, 10/13/23
Blocks: 7, 2x, last at NJIT, 11/5/23
Assists: 1, 7x, last at NJIT 11/5/23
Aces: 4, vs. Northeastern 9/2/23
Digs: 4, vs. Fairfield 9/13/23

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 25 Merrimack W, 3-1
Oct 29 UAlbany W, 3-1
Nov 3 Binghamton W, 3-2
Nov 5 at NJIT W, 3-2
Nov 10 at New Hampshire L, 3-0
Nov 17 at UMBC L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 29 10
Sets 102 36
Kills 161 46
Kills per set 1.58 1.28
Errors 54 26
Total Attacks 373 138
Hitting Percentage .287 .145
Assists 7 3
Assists per set 0.07 0.08
Service Aces 29 12
Service Errors 42 12
Service Aces per set 0.28 0.33
Receptions 9 3
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 30 15
Digs per set 0.29 0.42
Block Solo 8 0
Block Assist 74 27
Block Total 82 27
Blocks per set 0.80 0.75
Block Errors 3 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 235.0 71.5
Points per set 2.3 2.0
Matches started 27 10
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 25 vs. UTA L, 3-1 1 3 4 3 13 .077 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Aug 26 at Air Force L, 3-1 - 1 0 2 3 -.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Aug 26 vs. Rhode Island W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 30 at Stonehill W, 3-1 - 2 2 1 8 .125 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 4.0
Sep 1 Siena W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 15 .400 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 8.5
Sep 2 Lafayette W, 3-0 1 3 9 3 17 .353 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 12.5
Sep 2 Northeastern L, 3-2 1 5 10 1 21 .429 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 16.0
Sep 6 Holy Cross W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 11 .273 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Sep 8 vs. Central Connecticut W, 3-0 1 3 9 2 14 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Sep 9 vs. Saint Peter's W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Providence L, 3-2 1 5 8 3 18 .278 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 13.5
Sep 13 Fairfield L, 3-2 1 5 11 4 23 .304 0 1 2 3 0 4 1 2 1 3 0 14.0
Sep 15 at St. John's L, 3-2 1 5 3 1 8 .250 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 0 4 1 5.5
Sep 15 vs. Columbia W, 3-1 1 4 7 0 9 .778 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 9.0
Sep 16 vs. Arkansas L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 11 .364 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 20 at Merrimack W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 8 .375 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 6.0
Sep 24 Le Moyne W, 3-1 1 4 6 1 12 .417 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 9.5
Sep 29 UMBC L, 3-0 1 3 4 1 9 .333 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Oct 3 at Central Connecticut W, 3-1 1 4 11 1 15 .667 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 16.0
Oct 6 at UAlbany W, 3-1 1 4 5 2 9 .333 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 8 at Binghamton L, 3-0 1 3 4 3 17 .059 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 13 NJIT W, 3-0 1 3 12 1 19 .579 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
Oct 15 New Hampshire W, 3-1 1 4 6 2 14 .286 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Oct 18 Sacred Heart W, 3-2 1 5 8 1 12 .583 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Oct 22 at UMBC L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 12 .167 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 7.0
Oct 25 Merrimack W, 3-1 1 4 7 0 16 .438 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 9.5
Oct 29 UAlbany W, 3-1 1 4 2 7 20 -.250 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Nov 3 Binghamton W, 3-2 1 5 4 4 16 .000 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Nov 5 at NJIT W, 3-2 1 5 5 3 13 .154 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 1 7 0 10.5
Nov 10 at New Hampshire L, 3-0 1 2 0 1 9 -.111 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Nov 17 at UMBC L, 3-0 1 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 7 8 4 0.50 0 10 .400 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 0 0.00 1 5 6 0.75 7.5 0.9
2022-23 5 6 8 1.33 3 17 .294 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1 0 0.00 1 4 5 0.83 11.0 1.8
2023-24 29 102 161 1.58 54 373 .287 7 0.07 29 0.28 9 0 30 0.29 8 74 82 0.80 235.0 2.3
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 41 116 173 1.49 57 400 .290 7 0.06 29 0.25 13 1 30 0.26 10 83 93 0.80 253.5 2.2
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 29 102 161 1.58 54 373 .287 7 0.07 29 0.28 9 0 30 0.29 8 74 82 0.80 235.0 2.3
Conference 10 36 46 1.28 26 138 .145 3 0.08 12 0.33 3 0 15 0.42 0 27 27 0.75 71.5 2.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 13 51 91 1.78 28 205 .307 5 0.10 15 0.29 8 0 17 0.33 2 34 36 0.71 125.0 2.5
Away 12 38 45 1.18 20 121 .207 1 0.03 12 0.32 0 0 11 0.29 6 32 38 1.00 79.0 2.1
Neutral 4 13 25 1.92 6 47 .404 1 0.08 2 0.15 1 0 2 0.15 0 8 8 0.62 31.0 2.4
Result Wins 17 63 108 1.71 31 228 .338 5 0.08 17 0.27 3 0 17 0.27 5 48 53 0.84 154.0 2.4
Losses 12 39 53 1.36 23 145 .207 2 0.05 12 0.31 6 0 13 0.33 3 26 29 0.74 81.0 2.1
Month August 3 6 6 1.00 6 24 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.17 1 4 5 0.83 9.0 1.5
September 13 49 87 1.78 20 176 .381 4 0.08 14 0.29 9 0 14 0.29 5 36 41 0.84 124.0 2.5
October 9 34 59 1.74 19 134 .299 1 0.03 11 0.32 0 0 10 0.29 2 21 23 0.68 82.5 2.4
November 4 13 9 0.69 9 39 .000 2 0.15 4 0.31 0 0 5 0.38 0 13 13 1.00 19.5 1.5

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